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The limestone formations of Hell

Hell is a group of short, black, limestone formations located in West Bay, Grand Cayman. People are not allowed to be amongst the limestone formations but two viewing platforms exist for visitors. A tourist attraction, it also features a post office and gift shop.

There are a few versions to the story of how this tourist attraction got its name , such as:

a local official exclaimed, "This is what Hell must look like."
when a pebble is thrown out into the formation, it echoes amongst the limestone peaks and valleys and sounds as if the pebble is falling all the way down to Hell.

Ironically, some of the stores in the area have prominent quotations from the Bible painted on their sides. This is due to the pious nature of the Caymanian society.

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-[[Image:Hell Grand Cayman.JPG|thumb|188px|right|Hell, Grand Cayman island]]
-[[Image:Hellgiftshop.JPG|thumb|right|Hell's Gift Shop, Hell, Grand Cayman island]]
-[[Image:Hellsfuel.JPG|thumb|right|Hell's Service Station, Hell, Grand Cayman island]]
-'''Hell, Grand Cayman''' is a group of short, black, [[limestone]] formations in the northwest [[Grand Cayman]] town of West Bay.  It is roughly the size of half a soccer field. People are not allowed in amongst the limestone formations but two viewing platforms exist for tourists.  There are numerous versions of how Hell received its name, but they are generally variations on "a local official exclaimed, 'This is what [[Hell]] must look like.'"
+[[Image:Hell Grand Cayman.JPG|thumb|188px|right|The limestone formations of Hell]] '''Hell''' is a group of short, black, [[limestone]] formations located in [[West Bay, Cayman Islands|West Bay]], [[Grand Cayman]]. People are not allowed to be amongst the limestone formations but two viewing platforms exist for visitors.  A tourist attraction, it also features a post office and gift shop.
-It is also claimed that the name "Hell" is derived from the fact that if a pebble is thrown out into the formation, it echoes amongst the limestone peaks and valleys and sounds as if the pebble is falling all the way down to "Hell."
+[[Image:Hellgiftshop.JPG|thumb|right|Hell's Gift Shop]]There are a few versions to the story of how this tourist attraction got its name , such as:
-Regardless of how it first came to be called Hell, the name stuck and the area has become a tourist attraction, featuring a  fire-engine red hell-themed post office from which you can send "postcards from hell", and a gift shop with 'Satan' passing out souvenirs while greeting people with phrases like 'How the hell are you?' and 'Where the hell are you from?'<ref>http://www.mountaindiver.com/dive24.html</ref><ref>http://gocaribbean.about.com/od/caymanislands/a/aa061500a.htm</ref>
+*a local official exclaimed, "This is what [[Hell]] must look like."
-Ironically, some of the stores in the area feature prominent quotations from the [[Bible]] on their sides. This is due to the pious nature of Caymanian society.
+*when a pebble is thrown out into the formation, it echoes amongst the limestone peaks and valleys and sounds as if the pebble is falling all the way down to Hell.
+[[Image:Hellsfuel.JPG|thumb|right|Hell Service Station]]
-Hell can be quite busy as it is a stop for [[cruise ship]] tours.
+Ironically, some of the stores in the area have prominent quotations from the [[Bible]] painted on their sides. This is due to the pious nature of the Caymanian society.
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